Home Services Manager

Stride (One of the STR Group of Companies) are currently looking to recruit for the following role on behalf of one of our clients:

Client: Large Housing Association

Job title: Home Services Manager

Contract type: Permanent

Proposed Start date: ASAP

Location: Greenwich, London

Pay rate: Circa £32,000 per annum plus benefits

Hours per week: 35 per week Monday to Friday 09:00 17:00

DBS Required: Yes Enhanced

Purpose of role:

You will own and manage the customer relationship, embracing agile working to deliver excellent, innovative mixed tenure landlord services within a defined patch.

You will ensure services are aligned to customer and community needs and that the client leads in performance and customer excellence.

As a Home Services Manager you will need to exemplify an excellent, personalised customer first approach. You will demonstrate a proven commitment to take ownership, creating innovative resolutions that improve service delivery and maximise customer satisfaction.

This role requires strong leasehold management skills and experience of working collaboratively with Managing Agents. Commercial sector experience would be an advantage.

In addition, you will need to achieve annual objectives, meet customers’ reasonable expectations and all appropriate statutory and legal requirements. You will deliver high quality, efficient services working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to demonstrate value for money in line with the Groups Corporate Strategy.

Areas of responsibility include:

Taking ownership for a patch of properties and working with customers to ensure efficient tenancy and leasehold management including; letting empty homes, income maximisation and arrears management, setting service charges, resolving anti-social behaviour and managing casework, ensuring customers’ homes are safe in relation to gas and fire safety and repairs are carried out effectively, undertaking estate inspections and delivering agreed actionsWorking proactively with customers, managing expectations, to ensure that they are able to have successful tenancies and have a positive view of their environment and landlord

Salary package details:

A salary of circa £32,000 p.a.23 days holidays plus public holidays. We also close between Christmas and New Year, so you get another 3 days bonus! A great pension schemeThe ability to buy extra leave and discount cardsFlexible workingEmployee referral schemeCash claim-back on medical treatmentsTravel to work loanDiscounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance

For this role, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date of role (for CV submissions): Monday 10th September 2018

If this role is of interest please forward an up to date CV along with your availability/notice period to rdartnell@strideresourcing.com or/and call Rob Dartnell 02392 322383